Pile fabric.



F. A. RAUNER. PILE FYABRIG. APPLICATION FILED PEB.8, 1912.

1,057,274.A I Patented Man-25,1913.

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FRANK iA. RAUNER, 0F ELLENVILLE, NEW YORK.

PILE FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar.25, 1913.

Application filed February 8, 1912. Serial No. 676,228.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. RAUNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at useful Improvements in Pile Fabrics; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to pile fabrics and particularly to rag carpets.

In the ordinary weaving of rag carpets the warp threads are formed of hemp or other strong compact strands, while the weft ofthe carpet is vformed of strips of rag interwoven with the warp thread in such manner that certain portions of the latter are directlyexposed to wear in the completed carpet with the result that said warp threads become severed when the carpet is subjected to a relatively small amount of usage and the life of the carpet terminated.

It is therefore the object of the invention to produce a rag'carpet through the instrumentality of a novel weave whereby the warp threads are completely protected against wear during the use of the carpet.

A further object of the invent-ion resides in the provision of a rag carpet having greater weight and superior strength and therefore superior wearing qualities to those carpets now in use of a similar type.

Vith the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combi.

nation of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. y

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had tothe accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several, "views, and 1n whichenlarged section taken in the direction of the wefts through a fabric constructed in ac- 'cordance with the invention. Ellenville, 1n the county of Ulster, State of New York, have invented certain new and.

in connect-ion with the latter the body orv base of the carpet. The warps 10 when thus associated with the wefts 11 are exposed directly to wear as Vwill be apparent and in order to obviate this objection there is employed a pile weft 12 also formed of suitably connected.7 strips of rag and interwoven wit-l1 the warps 10 between adjacent wefts 11 so as to be clamped and held in place by the latter. In weaving the wefts 12 through the warps 10 said wefts are projected beyond lthe outer face ofthe carpet so as to form loops or tufts 13. These loops or'tufts being'drawn up by hand by pulling each one separately with the lingers, a rod of desired size is then thrust through each loop to holdA it in place and so on across the whole width and after the'beater is jammed up, the rod is withdrawn. As 'the inner ends -of these loops or tufts 13 are tightly bound together with the warps 10 and wefts 11 the outermost portion of said loops will occupy a spread relation to the inner ends thereof so that said loops will cover the entire outer face of the body of the carpets and protect the warps 10 from direct wear.

IVhat is claimed is:

In a-rag carpet fabric, the combinationk with warp threadsand rag rwefts, of pile rag wefts each extending continuously from sideto side of the fabric beneath alternate in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK A. RAUNER. Witnesses:

OSCAR M. SMITH, ALICE E. HoRToN. 

